Yeah, it was mentioned upthread.  Quite a number of ppl, myself included, pointed out the scene with Dallas in the ducts.

I haven't read all his stuff but I think it's his best out of the ones I have read.  Anyone care to tell me otherwise?  Cuz I'm always good for following up recommendations.

Yeah, I was disappointed as well.  I definitely enjoyed the idea of the movie more than the movie itself.

One of the demon hands actually goes second base on Ms. Weaver.

I think the first time you do see it, it does play as silly.  You don't know what Tony is at that point.  And then, as the plot thickens or whatever, you realize the supernatural subtext and either you're hooked or you're not.

Man, you are no fun.  Did you really think of all that stuff during the movie's big reveal?  I'm kidding, to each their own … I do love that movie though.  For lots of different reasons.  It's what a modern noir is supposed to feel like and, as many times as ppl have tried to make this type of movie since then, it's…

I haven't played any of the games but I did go see the first SH in theaters and, while it didn't really work overall for me, I thought it had some terrifying sequences.

Yeah, all that stuff is legitimately disturbing.  I think the movie does a great job even getting there though.  Even the early scenes in the middle east, where there is nothing disturbing happening, are suggestive in a way that is unsettling.  A man with a fucked up eye.  Jackals/dogs fighting in the distance.  A…

Yeah, that scene with the old woman on the porch and the two of them dueling/dueting is amazing.

While I don't agree with that personally, I can see why you feel the way you do.  There is alot going on in that movie and at the end it becomes a madhouse.  And, like you say, technically the movie is simply spellbinding to look at and experience.  I guess, at the end of the day, it's an experience.  It's one of the…

I saw this in a theater where I was the only person in it, and it creeped me the fuck out.

I haven't seen the movie but I did just read the book for the first time last year.  It's really good and much better than most of the other King stuff I've read.

@avclub-e0f48a1058f0f0204b22d4a2fd6f18ae:disqus  and @avclub-359b8db60f379d36511e28c04a3fb0b6:disqus Just curious: at what age did y'all first see The Shining?  I find that sometimes has something to do with this sort of thing.  Perhaps you were old enough to marvel at it … and just don't scare very easily?

Yeah, Night did a great job with the tension.  I remember being absolutely drained walking out of the theater and loving it.

I think the Tony stuff is really effective.  I mean, the kid's, what, 6-8 yo, right?  If you are going to have that plot element in there at all, and it's a big part of the story, you have to show it somehow.  How else could they have shown it?  It also opens the door, in a way, for that great great scene with Scatman…

Absolutely.  I mean he's not a great dude to begin with probably but the hotel gets to him with an evil suggestiveness or something.  See also, his talk at the bar and his talk in the  mens room that Nathan cites.

Robert Mitchum in the original Cape Fear is fucking scary.  Compared to DeNiro's, his performance always felt so much more dangerous to me.

As a 5yo kid, the librarian ghost's freak-out at the beginning of Ghostbusters really got to me.  My parents sent me to bed.  It wasn't until I was 13 or so that I got around to finally watching the movie and realizing that my childhood self had been scared by one of the great comedies of our time.  Also, same thing:…

Yeah, I saw The 6th Sense in theaters and it was the last great in-theater horror movie experience I've had that I can remember.  That tent scene especially, holy hell!

Yeah, these are all incredibly scary.  Great great fucking movie.  Never fails to scare the pants off of anyone.